Combination motor and pump



Navi 4, 1930. A. A. CANTON 197863933 COMBINATION MOTOR ANb PUMP Filed Jan. 28, 1929 INVENTOR I BY I o -m ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 193@ tins rarer optical ALLEN A. CANTON, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GLACIER, ENG, @l? THE STATE OF NEW YORK COMBINATION MOTOR AND PUMP Application filed January 28, 1929. Serial I30. 335,725.

This invention relates to a combination motor and pump and more particularly to the means for making the field surrounding the armature leak-proof so that no gas or fluid 5 around the armature can escape to the atmosphere by the way of the stator core.

The principal objectof the invention is to provide a device of this character having a stator core and armature and provided with end plates which are firmly secured to the field making a leak-proof chamber in which the ar ature rotates.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ring at each end of the stator core laminations having a threaded and cored out flange to which are screwed the end plates for making a lealcproot armature and pump chamber.

Other objects will appear as the disclosure progresses. The drawings are intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. It is obvious that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated but rather to define such limits in the appended claims. For a more general understanding of the invention attention is now called to the drawings in 3 which a preferred embodiment is shown illustrated. In these drawings like parts are designated by like reference characters throughout the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a cross section of a combination motor and pump and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, numeral 1 designates the armature formed of laminations 2 and keyed to the central shaft 3. The armature is hollowed out forming a cavity l into which is placed a pair of oppositely rotating gears 5 and 6 meshing with each other. The gear 5 is fixed to the auxiliary shalt 7 while the gear 6 is attached to the main shaft 3. The hearings "for the main shaft 3 are in the end plates 8 and 9 while the hearings for the auxiliary shaft 7 are in the end plate 9 at one end and the opposite end in the inner plate 10. The saidinner plate is non-revolving and is kept in a stationary position by the connecting rods 11. Numeral 12 designates the inlet port which is adjacent the place where the gears 5 and 6 mesh and 13 is the outlet port. When the gears revolve oppositely to each other a suction is formed at the port 12 and the gas or liquid is drawn in by the well known manner alnd then forced out through the outlet port 3.

The stator core 14 surrounding the armature is formed of laminations 15. At both ends of the last laminations are rings 16 made of substantial heavy material and provided with cored out threaded flanges 17 to which are attached the end plates 8 and 9. The flanges are provided with a core 18 for a par pose to be later described.

The end laminations 19 which come in contact with the rings 16 are preferably 79 roughened as at 20 and coated with a liquid binding material 21 so when the structure is placed together and firmly tightened by the aid o'f the bolts 22 a leak-proof connection will be made.

Numeral 23 represents the usual motor windings around the stator core and 24; the slots or recesses to house the windings. The slots are made deeper than the thickness of the series of windings so that in the portion which is not taken up by the windings can be placed an insulating and leak-proof compound 25 for sealing in their recesses against any leakage. It might be said here that the insulating material is cured into ire-1 cesses 24- while ine liquid state and when it congeals a solid and rigid air tight mass is formed. The compound will also fill up the interiorly threaded core 18 of the flange l7 and thus form a ring 26 on the end lamination as shown in Fig. 2. The purpose of threading the interior of the core 18 is to make a more eihcient water tight joint.

Formed in the stator core around the outer periphery are a series of fins 2'? so as to provide a large surface area for carrying away the heat generated in the device.

T make no claim herein to the broad idea of a combination motor and pump in which the pump is operated by the revolving armature.

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7 a tight joint and prevent any gas or liquid within the confines of the stator core from reaching the atmosphere. It will be noted that no packing of the pump is required thereby doing away with a source of leakage 'and loss of efliciency. The entire pumping mechanism is enclosed in a leak-proof and self contained housing thereby forming a msasse surrounding saidarmature, said stator core consisting of a series of laminations fastened together by bolts, the end laminations being roughened and coated with a binding material, flanged rings attached to said end laminations, said flanged rings having a cored out portion, a leak-proof insulating compound in said cored outv portion, end plates attached to said rings and forming a leak-proof enclosure for said armature, and bearings in said end plates for said armature.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 24th day of January A. D. 1929.

ALLEN A. CANTON.

simple efficient device of relatively few parts. 1

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the classdescribed, the

combination of an armature, of a stator core surrounding said armature, said stator core consistingof a series of laminations, the end laminations being roughened and coated with a binding compound, flanged rings attached to the said end laminations, end plates attached to said rings, said end plates forming a leak-proof enclosure for said armature.

' 2. In a device of the class described, the combination of an armature, of a stator core surrounding said armature, said stator core consisting of a series of laminations fastened together, the end laminations being roughened and coated with a binding compound, flanged rings attached to said end laminations, end

plates attached to said rings, said end plates forming a leak-proof enclosure for said armature, and means in said end plates for forming a bearing for said armature.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of an armature, of a stator core surrounding said armature, rings at each end of said stator core,- saidrings provided with i a flange having a cored out portion, a leakproof insulating compound in said cored out portion, end plates attached to said rings and forming a leak-proof enclosure'for said armature. a

. 4. In a device of theolass described, the

combination of an armature, of a stator core surroundmg said armature, said'stator core consisting of a series of laminations fastened together, the end laminations being roughened andcoated with a binding material,

flanged rin s attached to said end laminations, said anged rings having a cored out portion, a leak-proof insulating compound in said cored out portion, end plates attached to saidrings and forming a leak proof enclosure for said'armature. p

5. In a device of'the class described, the

combination of an armature, of a stator core 

